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Personally, I'd jump on it. Looks clean for a 83. My 83, now has 46k miles, no second gear issue 🤞 yet, I've never touched the carbs or valves, and only ride it mostly 2-3 hr local leisure trips. Lucky I am taller, so it actually fits me very well. I've considered upgrading but honestly can not find anything that rides like her. Personally I am not a foot forward cruiser type, more a foot under rider type. Maybe ask for a copy of the shop bill, they might have made notes of recommended service.

Merry Christmas everyone

Merry Christmas Squidley

Prayers for a successful and quick recovery 🙏

X2. Merry Christmas to everyone. Be safe, 2021 looks to be a better year 👍

Sure would be nice to have a 'Like Button" that was a... thumbs up 👍, rather than a heart 💙. The heart seems so Facebook, and it's a bit creepy for me to put a heart next to a post of a fellow M/C forum friend just to show that you liked a comment they made 👍 No big deal, but if it's an easy change I'd bet others agree.

Congrats I think you will get more than one season out of the ole girl 🤠

Nice van. 1 ton, wow, you'll be able to pull a large boat or trailer as well 👍

Prayers up, for Earl and the Family. Wishes for a speedy recovery.

Well I guess you can pull the engine, but what I've seen over the years on this website is, the oil and oil level is pretty finicky. If it were me, I would drain the oil, buy a filter, buy the generic Shell Rotella oil, replace, and put the proper amount in. I can tell when I'm close to needing an oil change just by the way the engine and clutch interact.

Put it on the center stand. Look at the site glass. Keep it below the high mark. I use Shell Rotella basic 15-40, and never have any problems. I have an 83 as well. I'm not positive, (I'm American), but I think 5 liters is way too much, I think you should be under 4 liters actually. You will cause other issues with it overfilled.

Be very careful. Only download Windows 10 from a trusted source. Not that above post is misleading, but Sampor is new to this Motorcycle Forum and downloading an operating system is a big deal.

Where I live, tomorrow is called Giving Tuesday. IMO it is the reason for the season 👍

I've looked on this site and the internet for you, no luck. Ya hate making it up, might get rejected and open a whole new can of worms. If I were you, I would call a Yamaha Dealer in MN and ask them for advise. Surely they can point you in the right direction.

Welcome to the Forum. Great place, I'd never keep my 83 running without all the smart guys around here.

Looks and sounds great. I've always had an interest in home brewing, I'm afraid I wouldn't have the patience.

Ya, I went and undeleted the recording, it was Julys event, and the main one I was thinking of did not hammer and it was Blue at $63k. I looked on their website, I must have been seeing newer models or small blocks, because I'm not seeing late 60s big block 4 spds on their website in the 20s. Sorry to alarm you. Good luck, fun ole car if you find one. My bucket list is an early 70s Hemi Cuda 4spd. Friend had a 440 6pk back in the day, oh what fun we had. Had an automatic. I never will forget the time he punched it, ripped the driveshaft out of the rear end yoke. You don't forget those feelings... ha

I usually take a piece of paper and press around the area to make an indent, and go from there.

I've never dealt with them but I was watching a rerun last night and there were several Vettes, bigblock, 4 spd, like you want at the last one in Indy. Many under 20k, I was surprised.

Awesome start to my day, 😆. Crazy

Looks Great. Be careful in that mud, that's a heavy bike 😏

If you found a number stamped onto the engine, that's it. I know on my 83 I have an engine number, It's not handy for me to go look, but I recall seeing it stamped into engine. Whatever you see on it, give to the DMV. Not like you're trying to pull one over. Good luck, and stick around. There are some great smart ones that keep me running. 👍

I mowed yesterday, went for a 2hr ride today. Warm in Indy. Like a dummy, I fertilized 2 weeks ago, Fall Food, boy did it perk up with last weeks rain.

The sad part is, many of us use Google or ________, and they give us the answer they want us to see. If you type: 'what is global warming' or 'should guns be restricted' as examples, depending on where you are, feeds a different response. It is called mind manipulation, and it is being done at the massive level, regional level, global level. Ever wonder why we stand and fight more and more for a position we feel emotions about, because the internet keeps feeding us based on wherever we get our information, or tries changing or position, all done with high dollar tracking computers and algorithms. Companies pay big money to have this information about us. 'We are not the customers, we are the products'. End of rant :), really good show, everyone should watch it.

Thanks cowpuc. Just so everyone knows, the link cowpuc gave is NOT the documentary that is on Netflix, it is a just a conversation about the documentary with Katie Couric.